I. Library

The university’s public library consists of the former libraries of Wuxi Light Industry University, Jiangnan College, Wuxi Education College and the Wuxi campus of Donghua University. It is located at the axis of the university’s new campus and opens to the public in October 2007. Its single building is the largest among all university libraries in Jiangsu province. It is an organisation member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Library Association and also a vice member of the National Association of Chemical and Industrial Information Searching, Teaching and Research. It provides comprehensive services including paper and electronic resources, second literature and fact-based data resources. All are available to international students for free, so as to support their study at the university.

1. Building area: 52217 square meters

2. In the B zone of the fifth floor, there are discussion rooms for multiple students and in C zone, 47 self -study rooms. The library has approximately 6000 seats in total.

3. Book collection: 2.5011 million paper literatures, 5.936 million electronic books, 93 Chinese and foreign databases, 3 self-built data bases, 85 thousand foreign electronic books and 740 thousand foreign dissertations.

Link for the library and archive:http://lib.jiangnan.edu.cn/

Exterior View of the Library

Interior View of the Library

Free Discussion Zones of the Library

II. Teaching Buildings

The university built modern and smart classrooms which are equipped with diverse facilities for teaching, such as multimedia rooms, language rooms and computer rooms. Air-conditioners, computers and stereos are available in all classrooms, to meet various teaching demands of different courses. Overseas and Chinese students have equal access to all classrooms and self-study rooms.

There are two public teaching buildings, covering an area of 86 thousand square meters, with 337 classrooms and 35098 seats. Among them, 297 classrooms (including 30 smart classrooms) have multimedia facilities, along with 2 special rooms for Chinese culture.

The No.1 Teaching Building

The No.2 Teaching Building

III. Laboratories

At present, the university has 402 labs for teaching purposes, two of which are demonstration teaching centers of national level, and 14 provincial level. It has established 8 national research platforms, 43 ministerial and provincial platforms, 6 bases for innovation and talents launched by the Ministry of Education and Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. Overseas and Chinese students have equal access to those labs.

1. State-level research platforms

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology; National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; National Engineering Technology Centre of Functional Food; International Joint Research Centre of Probiotics and Gut Health; International Joint Research Center for Photo responsive Molecules and Materials; New Rural Development Institute of Jiangnan University; Technology Transfer Centre of Jiangnan University; National University Science and Technology Park of Jiangnan University Base for Innovation and Talents;

2. "111 Project" Bases for Innovation and Talents Attraction

Attraction of Food Safety and Processing Base for Innovation and Talents; Attraction of Applied Microbiology and Bio-manufacturing Technology Base for Innovation and Talents; Attraction of Industrial Processing and Smart Control Base for Innovation and Talents; Attraction of Functional Molecules, Aggregates and Devices Base for Innovation and Talents; Attraction of Key Technologies for Textile Ecological Processing Base for Innovation and Talents; Attraction of Pioneering Methods and Technologies of Experiencing Designs;

The Building of Systematic Innovation

Scene of Group Experiments

IV. Disciplines

1. Doctoral degree authorized first-level discipline

Light Industry Technology and Engineering, Food Science and Engineering, Control Science and Engineering, Textile Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Design, Environmental Science and Engineering

2. Master's degree authorized first-level discipline

Light Industry Technology and Engineering, Biology, Food Science and Engineering, Fine Arts, Design, Textile Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Control Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Electronic Science and Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Pharmacy, Optical Engineering, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Applied Economics, Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration, Marxist Theory, Education, Chinese Language and Literature, Music and Dance, Law, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Nursing.

3. Post-doc programs

Light Industry Technology and Engineering, Food Science and Engineering, Control Science and Engineering, Textile Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering, Design.